戎事倥偬
róng​shì​kǒng​zǒng

military urgency

戎 róng, rēng arms

Depicts a weapon (戈) and a shield (盾). Both used here to convey the meaning "arms".

Components

戈
戈 Iconic component
gē spear
盾
盾 Iconic component
dùn shield

Depicts a shield.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 盾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

绒絨狨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuwngnuŋ foreigners in the west
nyuwngnuŋ weapon

說文解字

《說文》：“戎，兵也。从戈，从甲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫林志強《《文源》評注》p.487
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

事 shì, shi matter

The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又) holding a container for writing utensils. 事 and 史 were originally written the same, but later an extra mark was added to distinguish them.

Components

◎
◎ Distinguishing component
characterless component

Mark added to distinguish 事 from 史.

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a container for writing utensils.

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzriH[m-s-]rəʔ-s serve; service, affair

說文解字

《說文》：“事，職也。从史，之省聲。，古文事。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.214
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

倥 kōng, kǒng boorish

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

空
空 Sound component
kōng, kòng empty

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːŋ
kʰoːŋʔ
kʰoːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

偬 zǒng, cōng urgent Simplified

Someone 亻 in a rush 怱; 怱 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
怱
怱 SoundMeaning component
cōng hastily

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsloːŋʔ
ʔsloːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

傯 urgent Traditional

Someone 亻 in a rush 悤; 悤 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
悤
悤 SoundMeaning component
cōng agitated

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsloːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang